For BalletCollective's new works, choreographer Troy Schumacher called on some unlikely collaborators
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When an emerging dance company opts for a nontraditional approach, it can quickly go awry. Too much gimmick, not enough goods. Fortunately, Troy Schumacher has avoided that common misstep with his troupe BalletCollective by devising a singular...

Choreographer John Jasperse sees history (and the future) in his latest work
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What's left behind after a dance is performed? Given the art form's notoriously ephemeral nature, how do long-gone dance events retain their impact and influence? Can one identify the remnants of a dance, as one can with a human body? These questions underscore Remains,...

You're already an expert. Yes. Really. You.
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So you think you can't understand dance? Feel panic at the prospect of enduring a dance performance, then being asked for your opinion afterwards? Sure you'll be dumbfounded by this art form that stands impenetrable before you, mysterious or aloof or alienating?
Take heart. Concert dance might be new...

Meet Jody Oberfelder Projects, where every performance offers you a personal adventure.
This video was directed by Lauren Kay. It was shot and edited by Nicholas Guldner.
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Get to Know BalletX
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The words "summer vacation" certainly mean nothing to the dancers of BalletX. This forward-looking, Philadelphia-based ensemble has been performing nonstop during July and August.
Immediately following their two-week summer home season – which, typically, offered two world premieres – they performed at...

In the Broadway revival of Cats, Tyler Hanes has a surprising revelation
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Welcome to Building Character, our ongoing look at actors and how they create their roles
It takes a special kind of performer to star in Cats, the musical about a group of junkyard felines angling for a chance to be reincarnated in the so-called "Heaviside Layer."
For...

Their new dance can't be finished without you
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In 2014, three recent Juilliard alums looked at the resource- and time-scare dance world and decided to combine forces. They already shared an aesthetic interest in the human body and artistic principles about promoting audience engagement, so really, the chance to co-manage company responsibilities...

How dancers create character in Christopher Wheeldon's new ballet
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He may not have been a dancer, but Shakespeare has become indispensable to the ballet. Choreographers can't resist his work, with plays like Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream constantly being reimagined for dance troupes across the world.
Still, Christopher Wheeldon...